Sentences with phrase «oil and natural gas still»

Coal, oil and natural gas still account for 67 percent of energy use in the United States, a figure that sums up the nation's conflicted stance on renewable energy.

Not exact matches

Kansas is still largely dependent on coal, however, and is one of the country's top hubs for crude oil and natural gas production.

Much of this energy still comes from the burning of fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas, which release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere and contribute to extreme weather patterns that imperil everyone on earth — especially our food producers.

That meant developing cars powered by biodiesel, electricity, natural gas and oil all at the same time, even though predicting a victor among these options is still difficult.

Big changes will be necessary whatever happens, as oil and natural gas supplies dwindle, though coal is still available in huge quantities.

But natural seeps still produce enough oil and gas that the scientists can smell it at the surface and see the oil bubbles burst.

Some scientists involved in this complex dispute still remain intrigued by the natural gas leak rates found in some U.S. oil and gas fields.

While oil and natural gas operations may have taken something of a downturn in the state over the last five years, Wyoming is still, incontestably, coal country.

Trinidad, which builds and operates oil and natural gas rigs, makes up a full 65 % of Johnson's holdings, and he still considers it a buy, despite that fact that it's been falling since mid-May.

«Small increases in the price of oil and natural gas will have a very strong impact on the margin profile on energy companies, because their costs are still declining,» Marks said.

A new buzz phrase in the push to limit greenhouse gas emissions is «unburnable carbon» — an effort to define and then wall off the portion of the world's still - vast reserves of coal, oil or natural gas that might, if combusted, cause unacceptably costly or dangerous climate change.

By the mid-2020s, the United States become the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter and a few years later a net exporter of oil — still a major importer of heavier crudes that suit the configuration of its refineries, but a larger exporter of light crude and refined products.

Those who study energy patterns say we are in a gradual transition from oil and coal to natural gas, a fuel that emits far less carbon but still contributes to global warming.

While oil and natural gas operations may have taken something of a downturn in the state over the last five years, Wyoming is still, incontestably, coal country.

Outspokenly; nonrenewable energy sources; which include oil, coal, natural gas, and uranium - are the primary world's energy supplier today and will still remain the major source of world's energy for a foreseeable future.

The public has known for decades of the link between burning fossil fuels and global warming, yet society has continued to use oil and natural gas because there are still no alternatives that match their low - cost, their energy density, and their dispatchability.

They brought stories of campaigns to get local food on campuses, to shut down coal plants and stop natural gas fracking, and they educated themselves with speeches, documentaries, and stories from the front lines of the dirty energy battle — places like the Gulf coast, which is still struggling from the aftermath of the oil spill.

And here's the kicker: even if humanity is reckless and immoral enough to blow past the 2 °C roadblock and cook the planet by 3 °C or 4 °C, there are still huge amounts of known oil, coal and natural gas resources that will have to stay in the grouAnd here's the kicker: even if humanity is reckless and immoral enough to blow past the 2 °C roadblock and cook the planet by 3 °C or 4 °C, there are still huge amounts of known oil, coal and natural gas resources that will have to stay in the grouand immoral enough to blow past the 2 °C roadblock and cook the planet by 3 °C or 4 °C, there are still huge amounts of known oil, coal and natural gas resources that will have to stay in the grouand cook the planet by 3 °C or 4 °C, there are still huge amounts of known oil, coal and natural gas resources that will have to stay in the grouand natural gas resources that will have to stay in the ground.

Still focused on climate change being «fraught with complexity and uncertainty,» Herkströter outlined Shell's plans for the future: «We will continue to find and produce oil and gas — efficiently and responsibly — to fuel the next 20 - 30 years of economic growth... We will provide more natural gas and develop our businesses in gas - fired power generation... We are moving fast in the area of renewables, with a new core business called Shell International Renewables.

These incidents include over three - hundred unreported spills from 2012 to 2013, several significant leaks of oil and polluted saltwater into streams and farmland in the six months prior to the latest train derailment (see here and here), a decade - old saltwater spill which is still being cleaned up coupled with a pipeline rupture discovered in September 2013 which will take another four years to clean, and a natural - gas pipeline explosion across the border in Canada, which impacted gas availability in several U.S. states during the winter of 2014 (see here and here).

«In 2014, the global consumption of coal, oil and natural gas reached 8.2 billion tons, 33.6 billion barrels and 3.5 trillion cubic meters respectively, which can sustain [the world] for 110, 53 and 54 years if the current exploration intensity still maintains,» Liu said.

With above - average salaries and an abundance of career opportunities projected over the next two decades, the oil and natural gas industry offers solutions to wage stagnation and income inequality, which remain major concerns in our still - struggling economy.